Steam-cooker for oil-bearing meal.



A. B. (FARR.

STEAM COOKER FOR 01L BEARING MEAL. APPLICATION FILED runs, 1913'.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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STEAM COOKER OIL BEARING MEAL.

I Q APPLIGATIOH FILED MARS, 193.3. I 11 gggg ggg Patented Bee. 23,193.3.

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1 STEAM COOKER FOR OIL BEARING MEAL.

APPLIOATIONIILED MAR. 8, 1913.

82,303. Patented Dec.23,1913.

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imew m L, @M/z/ ALBEI. 3 BLANQHARD Gv-ELIEELE (JUMPER asso To all@0150?) may (?71TC1'5Z. P (P-"sicos to insure Um re- Be it known that Edo of all of the 211911 (is-- (him cirizcon of the n Hi0 length of how aD 4 iden'tof the! vity or i of FUHUB venied (rm'i I A ide New mvntx inHm! Hwhon, o." a 5 of I lm'cmtion apniied (93min devi s to no mm 1 portof F5" aortion o the cookers and stopping nt (*1 Wafion of Hm vft handsifie of the Fig. 3, and with the twin removed. 1s a plan o pon'ion ofhe opp-v1- mo I- zzaia-niingg' H18 coni'roiiing zwism for 1" diva-Engthe meal (0 the .nw, kofifle from the conveyor. Fig. 3 'nii. In frontelevation, m. the locking the rleiivery door for the top 2:110 floorrolmzsod. Fig '1" is a 061. Fig, 8 view of the some, Fig. '5) is an on-.IOW of one of the controlling: cams. w 'miml in the firm I 1mm J o"?foul kvi'tu n I, 7 fL/L one with the hoiom plates .z-mefliatv mom fox-rmcovers of rho kefi'lvs are gn'ovidofi with cookers 291 .504: incooking;- it Under the, noun coizsum cookers of this kifld, the x in :1dgscendingr m vertic the when each ketila; inxwpi Aim 1' wing 2ioot'iiom. w

bargain arx'anq'mi to 655 the kettte m it heinw 15., those openingarranged c and dosed by hand, or dosed :mtmnatimfliy by sprocket- Msimiiur ("lows will open in h freqnsnfiy happens; i? hon of (he meoi'fsdo! mosh kmlfle would-fin?! b Hm sm'ic-s .Yifim'nt Mi cm hmgzth of time.i1 is wry in proper tromFmez lt or My: m

:u inh-odnmlon of the nwoi, Each kettle is wlih on opvning 10 in thebottom Zoliwring w (:ontums of an uptoria? should be cm; p 21 irotflv(Hrwfly imo 'cho koiliv THXt below. Mme, and 11:1 all. Each of thus-vopenings 10 is o'aosof: by a formly cooked. HI. \vhivl: is fixwflyn'lom'lied on a rod Ft the oojoct of my 1: "hm olionds out, lu'oug'h {hewail of vim a constmctim for op 1 H10. :1 ({"Eill'aiaL-lhtift i3 vxtvmlswriiflaws, and s'oaces f) I I cams, is :1 sprocket wheel 21. Th cums be-.low the uppermost mm are each provided with a seeonrl sprocket wheel22, and

sprocket chains 23 extend between these sprocket. wheels, so that theymay all be driven at n uniform speed from the sprocket Q l on thecounter shaft suitably mount Ed in lll'flClilBlE Q6, 27. depending fromthe phitforln which supports the heltles. The cams i disks with n properportion cut away on the periphery at 29, 21ml upon the peripl'lery ofeach of these come rilles a roller 30, :n'lolml'eil on ille short arm ofa lever 31, each loosely mounted on its respeetive roll 12, on which thedoor for the kettle is seeurel. The opposite end of each of these levers31 has a right angle projection 31 whieh extends out over the leverwhich is tightly secured on the outer end of l'he rod 12. This levercarries a roll 32, which passes through the extension 31" while a coiledspring 34; beers between the extension 81. of the lever ill and the edjusting nut on the screw lhreltelell, outer end of each roal 32. Thisconstruction is provided, as will be readily unelerstlyoci, to serve as:1 bull'er spring construction in elosing the/ ipers. I each rirlm 0nthe periphe or their respective earn (iisks 18,. the doors ll will beclosed; but as the rollers ride clown the cam surfaces 29 with therotation of the cam (links, the llOOIS will drop open by gravity and. bythe pressure of the meal in the kettle above.

It will he evident from the foregoing eonslruetion that when. the camdisks are properly itlljusled and rotated at the required rate ofspec-(l. the (lOOIS of the .lrettles will he kept closed for the majorportion of the time of'rotation of the cams. and will he allowed lo openduring :1 much smaller intervul of time. s will he hereinafter inclicaled, the cams: are rotated at a speed to make a complete rotation inabout eighteen minni' s. but of course thisspeerl may be varied. asdesired. For threeionrths of the time, the doors of the kettles will heclosed, and for about one-fourth of. the time they will be allowed toopen.

In order to keep proper tension on the sprocket chains, idler sprockets36 are pro-- vitletl, arranged to be erljnsterl toward the chains. Thecams: are so arranged and mljusted with reference to the Contact withthe door levers. that only one of the doors will be. open at a time. andso that the doors in the kettles may he opened in sequence.

Extending; across the top of the upper most kettle, although notillustrated in the drawings. is a eonveyer for conveying the meal to thekettles. l'n orrlerllml; tlie.. lelivery of meal shall he stopped whenthe 'lll'lpermost kettle is filled, and until it is de- When the rollers30 are pulley 58 and a. loose pulley 59, mm

sirel'l supply further meal to the eeri door Ell for the em'weyertrough. or i cover over the uppermost. kettle is provilhnl. This; (lOOl'is mounted on n spindle 38 l l 5 to 8)., which on ils ()l'lljGl en 'fll'rllrrles :1 f 39-. provided W h ii euro. mirhlee lU. door 3'7 isprm'il'lell with an mignlor mm 41 wllieh extends into the uppermost heso no to rest on. the meal il'ldieaied. in V l'l nml. '2', at 4:2. Thel'lOUI is ell the raising of the arm *l-l as the or q. intotheuppermostkettle.and when the 37 is; closed, lhe ehonlller on, the emoEll Ill engages hehinel the catch piwilleal on the fr: meworlr, and thiscloor i by thie eal'ch m'ztil pmiitlrely the raising of the eateh l4.ll'llllllf pulse of the erin l-ll on the reek which is eimneetell by iteornleee with the uppermost sprocket. Wl the opening of the door in thethe uppermost kettle. l-l hlle the l controls; the feed from the eon el.ll by the filling of the meal 1. pernioel: kettle. the opening of this hyer door is regulated ancl cont; El ll she movement of the snaroelmtr;milde the doors in the bottoms of the lmt open. With each rotation ofthespa-e and cam rlisli's controlling the. Gil-omit, the. ineelmniemstopped, to he start "El. again. 9e

by the operator when he has removed the contents of the l'lottom kettlefor ljlepl'leit in the former which forms; the eel presses. lt will heumleretoorl e is provided in the lmltom of the lo the for the rein-levelof the center kettle. This door, however, '5: controlled.

To arrange for the proper time more of the apparatus and for starting onping the some, I provide as follow the counter shaft upon which thelo'nerrnoit sprocket 24. mounted. On the end of this counter shalt (Fig.Ill 52 is secured which nseshes with E le w. 53. The Worm shaft 5-1 is'ufloo provided with a. worm Wheel 55, which engages wlh the Worm 56 onthe elriving shaft ll TlS suitably mounted at one side of rho w rates.This drivieg shaft oarr for driving the llllvlfl shaft. it, shifter 61engages be t, the shifter her being guided by a slot and pin. on the hau-ml."

This shifter her extends neross lhe ma 120 chine and, is scoured at itsouter end to the lever 62, which lever (52 is pivolnlly monetel'l in;if} on the vertlenl stud secured to the angle The lever is rovic" withupstanding;- lngsl 65, in whieli [I mounted the lateh (Ell, upon Whiellls rnonnl'erl. at one enil the (log (37. llllll, other end the latch(ill is tnrnec'l lllww to shifting bar to the angle bar. Mounted on thecounter shaft is the cam disk 69, proidecl withv a shoulder 70, and asthe cam disk rotated. with the counter shaft, at the end or? eachrotation, the cam will depress the log 67 and raise the latch 66 torelease the lever 62 and with it tliebelt shifter which thereupon will.be thrown to the r Elli; as viewed in 3, by a. spring "Z the belt willbe thrown from the t gt he loose pulley 59. Thus with every revo lotionof the counter shaft and the opening anti closing; of all of the doorsin the bottoms of the kettles, the timing mechanism will be thrownoutoi. operation. Attached to the outer end of the belt shifting bar iss, hcntl lever 17%, pivo -ed at 73 to the angle bar 64-, and with thishenil lever the operator starts the mechanism by shifting the belt tothe pulley. 4 The operation of my improvements will evident from theforegoingdescription. -Let us assume that allot the kettles are empty;the apparatus is started and the coins rotated until the door 3"? in thebottom conveyor islopem end the door in the bottom of the first kettlecloset The meal is then fed from the convefter into the first kettlesncl this continues until the door in theconveyer closes by reason ofthe mate-- rial Fling up the first kettle. The stesrn having turnecl onin the steavni jecltc stirronno inc' the kettles at the one or the rquireo time, door in the bottom. of upper kettle opens, transfers themeal to and the meal is kept for to definite lcngto of time in eachkettle are all fillecl, and the mechanism is stopped with the rotationof the cam disk 69, the operator opens the door in the bottom kettle,

leriil' llllil ll'lhifillfll isreznoved to the former. As soon as themeal has been removed from thebottom kettle, the door is closed and thecycle of operations again is star ed, thebotshove in which the materialhas been we jectetl to the steaming for Liz." fourths of the requiredtime. in this-iv 3 all thu meal in. each kettle must he onifor steoineland cooked, and all the meal as 7 5 tulren from the bottom lret lo hasbeen Sillh 3' id. to the cooking operation for the eh: length. of time.There is chance Whatever for the uncooked or partially cooked meal topass through the kettles. The doors are not open all sit-the ss-ne time,but in succession, and the meal tron. one lll1- tie can pass only to thekettle next it.

Having thus described my invention, whet tom kettle fillecl from. theone as new and desire to secure by Lettent, is t 1. in an apparatus ofthe character specified, e series of kettles arranged one above theother, with discharge openings from one kettle to the kettle next belowand doors for the openings, with means for mechanically opening andclosing each door in succession in timed relation to each other.

*2. In an apparatus of the character specitied, it series of kettlesarranged one above the other, with discharge openings from one kettle tothe kettle next below and doors for the openings, with cams for openingand closing the doors, and means for actuating the coins in timedrelation to open and close each door in succession.

3 In an apparatus of the character specified, s of kettles arrangedone-above the other, with discharge openings from one kettleto the li tle next below and doors for the openings with cams for opening andclosing the doors, sprocket wheels and chains for driving the cams,vwith power conne in for the driving sprocket and means for disconnectingthe power with each rotation of the cams.

4. ln an apparatus oiithe character specifiecl a. series of kettlesarranged one above the other with discharge openings from one kettle tothe hotels next below anal doors for the openings, with means forIneclmnicnlly opening and closing each door in succession intimetl'relstion to each other, and mechanism. for I means at thetermination of each cycle of operations.

5. in an apparatus of the character speci- :01 a series of kettlesarranged one above the other, with (l schsi'g'e openings from one kettleto the kettle next below and doors for the openings, with means formechanically opening and closing each door in succession in timedrelation to eachother, a supply opening for delivering meal to the-uppermostliettle, with door therefor, means for ilng'ssid door bycontact with the lllDiLl the uppermost kettle catch to lock said floor,end connectii' g mechanism intermediate the catch and the door openingand means for the kettles whereby said supply door shall be released intimed reletion to the operation of the kettle doors.

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